It was immediately dubbed "The Selfie Seen 'Round the
World." It was also blamed for "crashing Twitter" during Sunday night's Oscars
telecast. What it will be remembered as, however, is one of those rare,
charming moments when Hollywood A-listers really, honestly do feel like they
are just like the rest of us.

As part of an Oscar-night gag on the 86th
annual Academy Awards, Ellen DeGeneres wandered into the audience and pitched
best-actress nominee Meryl Streep on the idea of posing for a cell-phone
"selfie," with the goal of making it the most re-Tweeted photo in the history
of Twitter. By the time the photo was snapped, a constellation of giddy stars -- including
Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong'o, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Jared
Leto -- had crammed into the frame, like so many kids on prom night.

For those watching the Oscar telecast at home, yes,
DeGeneres really did take the picture, as seen above. (Well, actually, Bradley
Cooper took it for her as the number of people squeezing into the frame grew.) The result was an instant classic Oscar moment.